Beer with a Lobster Background Note? Yes, Really.
SEAFOODNEWS.COM [Boston Globe] By Gary Dzen - July 27, 2017
Tim Adams was eating lobster rolls at Portland’s Eventide restaurant one night a few years ago when an Italian brewer who was in town for a collaboration had a suggestion.
“We had this concept going that we’re going to do this salted, funky-tart saison,” says Adams, head brewer at Oxbow Brewing Co. “And Giovanni [Campari, brewmaster at Birrificio del Ducato] turns to us and says, ‘Oh, man, we’ve gotta put some lobsters in this beer.’ ”
For promotion’s sake alone, it seems inevitable a Maine brewer would eventually make a lobster beer. But Adams is not a kitschy brewer, and Oxbow’s beers — as nuanced and refined as any in New England — aren’t gimmicks. So while Adams wanted to appease his Italian guest’s ingredient request, he wanted to do it right...

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Tim Adams was eating lobster rolls at Portland’s Eventide restaurant one night a few years ago when an Italian brewer who was in town for a collaboration had a suggestion.

“We had this concept going that we’re going to do this salted, funky-tart saison,” says Adams, head brewer at Oxbow Brewing Co. “And Giovanni [Campari, brewmaster at Birrificio del Ducato] turns to us and says, ‘Oh, man, we’ve gotta put some lobsters in this beer.’ ”

For promotion’s sake alone, it seems inevitable a Maine brewer would eventually make a lobster beer. But Adams is not a kitschy brewer, and Oxbow’s beers — as nuanced and refined as any in New England — aren’t gimmicks. So while Adams wanted to appease his Italian guest’s ingredient request, he wanted to do it right...

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